Seven people died and 13 were injured, ranging from serious to moderate, in a traffic accident that occurred yesterday on Emirates Road, behind Al Maktoum Airport towards Abu Dhabi, between a passenger bus (minibus) and a truck.
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At the accident site The Acting Director of the Search and Rescue Department at Dubai Police, Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Atiq Bourguiba, the Director of the Traffic Technologies Department, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Karam, the Acting Director of the Patrol Department in Bur Dubai, Lieutenant Colonel Ali Mohammed Al-Baddawi, and the Director of the Traffic Accident Department, Major Abdullah Thani bin Ghalib, moved to the scene of the accident. Acting Head of the Traffic Sergeants Department in Bur Dubai, First Lieutenant Yousef Mohammed Al Duwais, and Head of the Traffic Accident Inspection Experts Department, First Lieutenant Abdullah Gharib Al Balushi. Deputies from the Inspection Experts Department from the Traffic Accidents Department also moved to the location to inspect the accident and collect evidence to find out the reasons that led to its occurrence. Bourguiba confirmed that the rescue teams moved to the scene of the accident immediately after receiving the report, and were able to remove the trapped people, including deaths and injuries as a result of the severity of the collision. He pointed out that the rescue team used the latest tools in dealing with the accident, including hydraulic tools and scissors of the type used to remove car bodies after they were exposed to a collision. strong. |
Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, Lieutenant General Khamis Mattar Al Muzainah, said that the accident occurred around eight in the morning yesterday, when the driver of a passenger bus was surprised by a truck parked in the third lane, on the right, as a result of a previous accident, which led to him losing control of his vehicle and colliding with it forcefully. .
Al-Muzainah stressed the need for drivers to pay attention while driving, and to adhere to the specified speeds, especially drivers of buses carrying a large number of passengers, to avoid road surprises. He also stressed the need to leave sufficient distance between vehicles to allow the vehicle to stop in the event of an emergency.
He also warned tired drivers not to drive their vehicles, and called on them to stop in safe areas in the event of a traffic accident, to avoid another collision.
In turn, the Chairman of the Federal Traffic Council and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police for Operations Affairs, Major General Mohammed Saif Al Zaffin, renewed his demand to ban the use of minibuses on the roads, due to their extreme danger to passengers when they are involved in traffic accidents, pointing out that most minibus accidents “ Minibuses result in large numbers of deaths.
He added that the Federal Traffic Council had previously recommended banning its use for transporting passengers, and limiting its use to transporting goods.
He told Emirates Al-Youm that the small buses transporting workers resemble “sardine cans,” calling on the concerned authorities to intervene to prevent their use in human transport once and for all, “so that we do not witness an increase in the number of deaths, if they continue to transport employees and workers.”
Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, Major General Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, praised the efforts made by members of the General Traffic Department, the speed of their response to the report, their handling of the accident, their work to organize traffic, and the efforts of the ground rescue teams. He also praised the efforts of the ambulance and the air wing that transported the seriously injured.
Al Mansouri supervised the handling of the accident by the specialized teams from the General Traffic Department and the General Department of Transport and Rescue, and followed up on the work of the Dubai Police Air Wing.
Director of the General Traffic Department, Brigadier General Saif Muhair Al Mazrouei, said, “The beginning of the accident occurred when the truck, designated for transporting stones, with a capacity of up to 70 tons, collided with a small pickup bus on Emirates Road, causing them to stop in the third lane.” From the right side. During this time, the bus carrying workers collided with the truck from behind, resulting in deaths and injuries.”
He explained that the main reason for the accident was due to the truck stopping in the middle of the road, after colliding with a “pick-up” car, and the labor bus driver’s failure to pay attention to the data of the road, and taking the necessary caution and caution, pointing out that the bus was carrying 20 passengers, and that its driver was among those who died in the accident. .
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